We have all heard that bad habits such as smoking and using drugs or alcohol decrease the quality of sperm and cause infertility. However, a new study published in the journal Human Reproduction could disprove these claims.
Two researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have patented a new technique to easily detect male infertility. The method is based on the study of a new parameter: sperm DNA fragmentation.
Goodbye to condoms. From now on, the ability of ultrasound applied to the testicles to stop sperm production could replace the rest of contraceptive methods in men, according to a study published in the journal 'Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology'.
Boys look for girls; sperm rush to meet the egg. This was the routine history of human reproduction, until Professor Robert Edwards, a physiologist at the University of Cambridge, in England, materialized the miracle of conception in a test tube. In November 1977, Edwards' team succeeded in having an egg taken from Lesley, a Bristol woman with a lesion in the fallopian tubes that prevented her from being a mother, was fertilized in a well - a glass container used in the laboratory. by a sperm provided by her husband John Brown.
Researchers from the University of Murcia and Harvard University (USA) have carried out a study that shows that the Mediterranean diet - characterized by the consumption of abundant fruits, vegetables, legumes and fish - may be related to a higher percentage of motile sperm in men.
Unlike members of other animal species, women do not show obvious physical signs that they are ovulating. A study published in 'PLoS One' points out that there are changes in the female voice during the menstrual cycle that could inform the opposite sex about when is the best time for conception.
Women who use the pill to prevent pregnancy may experience memory disturbances, according to a study by the University of California at Irvine (USA). Specifically, this drug enhances emotional memories, but reduces the ability to retain details.
Did you know that men have the ring finger longer than the index finger, while the opposite usually happens in women? According to a study by biologists from the University of Florida and the Howard Highes Medical Institute, in the United States, the ratio of the fingers of the hands of men and women depends on the balance of sex hormones to which they are exposed during embryonic development.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
